walk and it is working. the tank we have got is usually used for dogs, canine hydrotherapy. what we're trying to achieve with with her here basically the same, so we are trying to improve her balance, strengthen her legs and get her to taking individual steps with her hind legs, so she is walking normally. three, two, one. she has to start walking and over time this treatment has improved their movement and strength. bunny is a lucky calf because she was born on the harper adams dairy unit and this is also the harper adams facility but the question is, is there a role for this kind of therapy in day—to—day farming?

bunny is a kind of pioneering cow, so our students have done a great job, and i hope with seeing the success of this we might be able to say to the wider community, yes, there is some application in using physiotherapy on farm animals. a shower after treatment, and then back to the farm. since soon she'll be too big for the equipment, her treatments will continue on dry land. but by the spring, this might be one pioneering bunny that successfully lost her hop. david gregory—kumar, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello. we're heading into the big thaw. but before we get there, the rest of today, the mixture of snow, ice and freezing rain, particularly in northern england. the met office have issued an amber weather warning here. very dangerous travelling conditions through this afternoon. potential for power disruption as well. ice could be the main thing, but there'll be some snow in the hills — that also extends into southern and central parts of scotland through the afternoon

and even a temporary little bit of ice across some eastern parts of england. it will turn back to rain, some heavy rain at times in the south, easing off in the west where temperatures will be around 11 to 13 degrees as we finish the day, but much colder in the north and the east of the country. now, as we go into this evening and overnight, the snow that's there for northern scotland to begin with turns back to rain, strengthening southerly winds, touching gale force in the west. but notice these temperatures for the monday morning commute, 8 to around 1a celsius, incredibly mild compared to what we've been to. a mild day in store, but a windy one. lots of cloud, limited amounts of sunshine and rain at times, especially in the south and the west. and with temperatures like that, the thaw will continue. this is bbc news. the headlines: will it be messi's moment, or another marker for mbappe, as argentina take on reigning champions france in the world cup final?

excitement for the game has reached fever pitch with fans in buenos aires and paris getting ready for the cup�*s conclusion. the iranian film actress, taraneh alidoosti, is arrested as anti—government protests continue in iran for a fourth month. ministers in the uk have confirmed that 1,200 members of the armed forces, and 1,000 civil servants, will be drafted in to cover for striking ambulance and border force staff over christmas. now on bbc news, talking movies: review of 2022.

hello from new york, i'm tom brook, and welcome to our talking movies review of 2022, special edition. in today's programme we look back at highlights of the year in cinema. we review many of the major movie events of 2022. we look at the films that nobody thought would become big global hits as well as the breakout arthouse offerings. plus my top ten films of the year. without doubt, one of the biggest movie events of 2022 was the arrival ofjames cameron's sci—fi epic avatar: the way of water. it is of course the sequel to his 2009 avatar movie which became the biggest—grossing film of all time. i went with some trepidation to see the new picture the other day here in manhattan. i say trepidation because it's more than three hours long. well, i did survive and i was very impressed by the cinema technology. it really is beautiful to watch.

but in terms of storytelling, it's a bit thin. avatar had its world premiere in london and it's from there that al maloney has more. the world of pandora is back on cinema screens. 13 years afterjames cameron conquered the box office with his sci—fi blockbuster, the director is reuniting his original cast for the first of four proposed avatar sequels. the first film followed marine jake sully as he takes on an alien or avatar body in order to better integrate with the local na'vi population. through the movie he forms a personal attachment to the group and comes to lead them against the evil human corporation out to mine the moon for profit. the film was notable for its advances in performance—ca ptu re technology,

computer—generated visuals and the fact that it was supposed to usher in a new era in 3d filmmaking. you knew this was happen? the 3d revolution might not have lasted but it did make a huge amount of money — almost $3 billion. the way of water picks up over a decade later with jake and his family now facing a new threat and being driven to pandora's water areas in search of sanctuary. cameron has spent the last 13 years mapping out future instalments of the franchise as well as perfecting performance capture technology that can now be used by the actors while they're filming underwater. but will the public be interested in a sequel to a film that was released over a decade ago and has seen its influence wane amid the rise of the superhero movie? that was a very legitimate concern. i didn't feel that instinctively but it was always a possibility.

then we dropped our first teaser trailer in may and it had 148 million views in 24 hours. i'm not worried about it any more. what does worry me is that the market has contracted due to the double punch of streaming and the pandemic. it's coming back, slowly coming back, we're at maybe 80% of what we were in 2019. and, you know, back when we released the first movie. so can we be profitable in a changed market or are we just the last dinosaur, you know, dying after the comet hit? i couldn't tell you that right now. we'll know in a few weeks, i guess. why do you come to us? ijust want to keep my family safe. i filming for avatar 3 has already been completed and some work has even been done on a fourth film. with a reported budget of $350 million for the way of water, there is big pressure for it to be a success. early reviews for the way of water have praised the visuals but found some of

the story and dialogue lacking. cameron is hoping the movie and its theme of family will resonate with cinema audiences. regardless, it's a relief. we've been sitting on this egg for a long time and getting it out in front of people, you know, the response has been overwhelmingly good so far. i mean, i haven't seen any reviews yet so i'm sure all the nit—picking will start at that point, but emotionally people seem to be pretty emotionally charged by the film and that's enough of an answer for me. the way of water is projected to do well at the box office but it will have to do tremendous business just to break even. james cameron is hoping that big money will mean he gets to release his planned avatar sequels as well as demonstrate that following a difficult few years, large audiences are ready to return and prove that cinema going is alive and well in a post—covid world.

let's get it done. a year ago, steven spielberg was busy promoting west side story, a film set in this new york neighbourhood in the 1950s. this year, he has made his mark with a very different picture called the fabelmans which i really love. you get the impression after watching this movie that you really know steven spielberg. movies are dreams... train horn sounds. ..that you never forget. the fabelmans is much more

intimate than steven spielberg's best known movies like indiana jones orjurassic park or even last year's west side story. it is the story of his family life as he grew up and the role that movies played in his formative years. he made the film with the encouragement of screenwriter tony kushner with whom he's collaborated before. i have always found ways of putting my personal life in everything i've done. there's pieces of me in everything i've really directed, but this was a very focused intentional story of coming—of—age. i've never made a coming—of—age story before and i've never told one so close to my own experiences and so close to my own heart. only the names were changed to protect the innocent! you can'tjust love something, you also have to take care of it. it's more important than your hobby. i can you stop calling it a hobby? the fabelmans is really helped by its strong performances. michelle williams�* brilliant playing a version of spielberg's mother who had affections for a man

other than her husband. and canadian—american actor gabriel labelle is also strong playing spielberg in his teenage years. it's a portrait of a family where there is a lot of love but where relationships are far from simple. it feels like an honest depiction of what went on in spielberg's family where not everyone comes out looking great. do you always have to be the centre of attention? stop shouting at her! there has been nothingl but disrespect from you! i'm your mother! families are complicated. i don't know any family that is not complicated, and our complications are probably not as unusual as someone else�*s so i think this is a big universal reflection, i think, of everybody everywhere with siblings, with parents, with problems at school, with a passion, a hobby, something that becomes a career, so i think there's a lot of universal truths in the story we're telling. the fabelmans is very moving.

it will probably feature prominently in the oscar nominations but, sadly, like many other very good prestige pictures this year it has been struggling to find an audience in cinemas. movie—goers will come out the big event movies not so much for smaller arthouse pictures. what was your favourite part? and cut! beautiful. that was good. among the actors who made quite an impact in end of the year films was britain's emma corrin, who is perhaps best known for playing princess diana in the crown. and now in lady chatterley�*s lover. in 2022, more and more award shows became gender neutral. this development is supported by emma corrin who identifies as non—binary. and as you might imagine, the actor

is also a big fan of the dh lawrence novel in which the lady chatterley�*s loverfilm is based. emma jones tells us more. it's nothing like that! yes, it is. lady chatterley�*s lover has always provoked discussion. the book was banned and classed as obscene as late as the 1960s because of its sexual content. in 2022, the crown's emma corrin plays connie, an aristocratic unhappy wife who finds fulfilment with her husband's gamekeeper, oliver mellors, played byjack o'connell. times may have changed since the book's publication but corrin finds much in the narrative that is relevant now. it speaks very much to the times we live in today. obviously, things have progressed but i also think the society we live in is very fragile and the rights of women's bodies are very fragile and i think it's a celebration of autonomy. not like any man i've ever met before. you're not like any other woman. - corrin�*s performance has been

highly rated by critics. the actor has said they are non—binary, meaning they have a gender identity that doesn't fit into the male—female binary and they use they/them pronouns. they also told the bbc they would support categories in award ceremonies becoming gender neutral. this love is all—consuming. theirs is a powerful new voice, in 2022 they have become a sought—after actor, starring with another much talked about young celebrity, harry styles, in british drama my policeman. styles stars as a young officer in 1950s england forced to hide his sexuality. lady chatterley. sorry, i don't mean to intrude. do you want to come in? the england of the lady chatterley era just after the first world war

is equally as repressive, but lady chatterley finds freedom and it was the attraction for corrin taking the part. the first time we met, they shared with me that they felt a very strong connection with the material, especially the scene them dancing naked under the rain and has said this is one of the most iconic moment of freedom that i have ever read and i want to do it, i want to explore that feeling of liberating freedom. is that right? yeah. that's completely right. and why was that? i think itjustjumped out of me because it terrified me and enticed me in equal measure, i don't think i had ever seen anything like it on screen and was excited to make that happen. it's amazing, isn't it? how someone can get so into your blood. physical intimacy is an essential part of this narrative but actors have become more outspoken about whether they felt comfortable filming sex scenes or not. you will only be the second man i have ever had sex with.

emma thompson in her recent film good luck to you leo grande about the sexual awakening of a woman praised the idea of using intimacy co—ordinators on film sets, grande about the sexual awakening of a woman praised the idea of using intimacy co—ordinators on film sets, this production also worked with one. joely richardson who played lady chatterley in a 1993 bbc miniseries and in this production played clifford chatterley�*s nurse, thinks film sets have changed for the better. we are more aware of what needs to be put in place with love scenes, that everyone has to be protected. they tend to be more choreographed. in the old days it was like ok, get on with it. life is what we make of it. this version does also focus on the men in lady chatterley�*s life. the ptsd oliver mellors is suffering after the first world war that causes him to isolate himself. the class bitterness between gamekeeper and landowner and sir clifford chatterley�*s own mental health problems after a wartime injury that leads him to rebuff his wife. but this is emma corrin�*s film as constance chatterley

and as such, their comments on acting categories becoming gender neutral could have a lot of currency given that awards season is already under way. for me, one of the more pleasant surprises at the movies in 2022 was the indian film rrr. it is a story of the relationship between two heroes in 1920s india when the british were in charge. it's sheer movie escapism and it has been put together extremely well. rrr is a big movie and epic action drama, the most expensive indian movie ever made. not from bollywood, but tollywood. it's a telugu language film, gaining accolades by the minute. essentially, it is a story of friendship, friendship between two giant heroes. but what we did was, we kept the emotions as grounded as very human.

their strengths might be superhuman, but there is a beautiful friendship that is developing between them. rrr has become a global phenomenon, it's become a hit across india, injapan, the us as well as elsewhere. it's incredibly unusual for a telugu language film to breakthrough in the us, it has never really happened before. most people don't really know what the language is in this country unless they have some relationship to the country or the culture and as a result of that, as with parasite and some other international quote unquote foreign language film crossovers, people aren't thinking about the language it is in, they are thinking about the experience of the movie itself and they don't even remember that there were subtitles when they come out of it and that's really what the ultimate goal should be. there is something about rrr

that is appealing to people that goes beyond the parameters of south asian cinema and allows it to just feel like universal escapism and also i think a lot of audiences are starved of good escapism because we have so many marvel movies, star wars movies, and that sort of storytelling has started to feel kind of redundant. financially, the movie has been a big winner. it's brought in more than $175 million worldwide, setting several box office records for an indian film. during the covid lockdowns, the pandemic when everything was shut down, i think people started looking at stories from other cultures, they were exposed to more cultures, more different ways of storytelling. now for a period of one, one

and a half years when the cinemas were shut down, people got exposed to the other cultures, story, narratives and everything. i think that also helped a lot. by the time that cinemas opened again and people started coming to the theatres, their horizons were much wider than before. i think that also is a reason why people are appreciating rrr. rrr even stands a chance of getting oscar nominations, especially after winning a best director award from a top american film critics group. it is all potentially very good news for indian cinema which is often overlooked by the academy awards. every december, i get deliveries here in my new york apartment of many, many boxes like these which come from the big hollywood studios and some smaller production companies, full of what i would call promotionaljunk designed

to influence me as a member of a critics group to vote for a particular movie orfavour a particular movie but this year i got more boxes than ever and i want to show you what is in some of them. oh, this is for argentina 1985. it's got a nice bottle of wine but, ooh, there is some food in there. it is quite good because you get a dvd, i mean, nota lot of people have dvd players any more. you get a screenplay. the other thing about all this is it is very wasteful packaging. sometimes there is nice chocolate. ok, this is puss in boots, why would i want anything to do with puss in boots? these books are beautifully produced, it must cost a fortune to put them together but basically it is all soft promotional material and i find that kind of a wee bit offputting. well, i am, of course,

a totally incorruptible human being. anyone who knows me will tell you that. so getting all these things like this is not, or did not have any impact at all on me making up my list of the top ten films of the year. at numberten, rrr, the indian action epic for the joy it brings to all who watch it. the musical moments were the best, so vibrant and alive compared to standard escapist moviemaking. at number nine, good luck to you leo grande in which emma thompson plays an older woman seeking sexual adventure with a younger man. if nothing else, it proves that emma thompson really is a brilliant actor. in eighth place, avatar: the way of water. because it is such an impressive feat by james cameron in harnessing technology to create a magical world. at number seven, the fablemans.

steven spielberg's semi—autobiographical story about how he developed a passion for moviemaking and the complexities of his family life. his most grown—up film to date and possibly one of his best. we're from the new york times. i believe you used to work for harvey weinstein? just ahead of the fablemans, the movie she said, the story of two new york times journalists who wrote a report on the sexual abuse allegations against harvey weinstein that helped spawn the #metoo movement. a great film paying tribute to the journalistic process. at numberfive, empire of light, a film from sam mendes that dealt with racism and love of movies but to me it was a compassionate portrait of an unpredictable woman, played brilliantly by olivia colman, struggling with mental illness. in fourth place, the belgian film close, a disconcerting story of the close friendship between two teenage boys tragically torn apart. photography is like

a flash of euphoria. at number three, all the beauty and the bloodshed, focusing on activist photographer nan goldin and her efforts to hold a wealthy family responsible for the opioid crisis. very creatively brought together. in the number two position, aftersun, an experimentalfilm at times it captures the beautiful relationship between a father and daughter on holiday in turkey with a great performance from from actor paul mescal from new york—based scottish filmmaker charlotte wells. and the talking movies number one film of 2022 is tar, a character study of

a fascinating but troubled female conductor with a lust for power played very convincingly by cate blanchett. time is the essential piece of interpretation. an intelligent film, written and directed by todd field. he brings us a story for our times, one that deals with corporate power relations and cancel culture. well, that brings our special talking movies review of 2022 to a close. we hope you enjoyed the programme. please remember you can always reach us online at bbc.com/talkingmovies and you can find us on twitter. so from me, tom brook, and the rest of the talking movies team here in new york and london, it's goodbye as we leave you with a song from one of my favourite films of the year, rrr. music.

hello there. ahead of much milder weather pushing across all of the uk tonight, there's a few weather hazards to watch out for today — snow, ice and freezing rain. freezing rain, the rarest and most dangerous of them all. it's where extra—cold droplets of water hit objects and freeze on impact. you can see the impact that has on the likes of trees. but imagine on roads and pavements you get a sheet of black ice — treacherous, very dangerous conditions. and the met office are concerned most of that happening in parts of northern england. it's here where they've issued a met office amber ice warning to take us through the afternoon. and as well as dangerous travel conditions, we could see problems with power as well.

not only that, snow will be falling with it across parts of northern england, increasingly so into the hills of scotland. and we could just see a temporary covering of ice in other eastern parts of england. turning back to rain, though, for many later, the rain easing off across some western areas where temperatures eight to 11 degrees through the afternoon. but elsewhere, a really cold day, especially as the wind picks up. and even though we've got that met office amber warning for northern england, do be wary that there is a risk of freezing rain, ice and hill snow across parts of scotland and other areas of eastern england, too. now, as we go into the evening, the snow becomes limited to northern scotland. that turns back to rain through the night. that's because southerly winds will bring mild air to all by this stage. some pretty wet weather for a while overnight across much of england and wales, but the big talking point for tomorrow morning will be the temperatures, your commute eight to 1a degrees as we start the day.

when you can think about it, friday, we were talking about temperatures of minus ten or —11. and that's because instead of the arctic, we're dragging our air all the way from the mid atlantic around this area of low pressure. it will drag in plenty of cloud, though. sunshine fairly limited. though, rain will come and go. most frequent across some western areas and towards the south. one or two spots might get away dry, but the big thaw will be taking place where the snow lying, 11 to 1a celsius during the afternoon, tempered a little bit by strong to gale force winds. now, the mildest of the air gets then pushed out towards the baltic sea as we go through into the rest of the week. low pressure still dominating, but instead of dragging our air from the mid atlantic, it comes from the north atlantic. so temperatures drop a little bit, still above average for the time of year. with a thaw continuing, rain at times, there is a small risk we could see flooding in one or two spots. it'll also be windy. so if you do have any travel plans ahead of christmas, keep checking back with our weather for the week ahead forecast and also on the bbc weather app.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. will it be messi's moment, or another marker for mbappe, as argentina take on reigning champions france in the world cup final. excitement for the game has reached fever pitch with fans in buenos aires and paris getting ready for the cups conclusion. the iranian film actress, taraneh alidoosti, is arrested as anti—government protests continue in iran for a fourth month. ministers in the uk have confirmed that 1200 members of the armed forces — and 1000 civil servants — will be drafted in to cover for striking ambulance and border force staff over christmas.